[Python-3000] print() parameters in py3k

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Nov 20, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I'm still confused. Are you proposing that in order to print to a
> different file we do
>
> save_file = print.file
> try:
>  print.file = open("log.txt", "a")
>  print(x, y, z)
> finally:
>  print.file = save_file

You could do that, but to make it more convenient I was thinking  
about adding class methods, such as the clone() I used earlier.   
Let's rename that method though so that it's hopefully clearer:

lprint = print.open('log.txt', 'a')
lprint(x, y, z)
lprint.close()

- -or-

lprint.file.close()

lprint is just another instance of whatever class 'print' is, except  
that its 'file' attribute is set to the opened log.txt file.

Regardless of whether you like this or not <wink>, does that make sense?

- -Barry



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